MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
ATH · P
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Portrait of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
LAD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Roki Sasaki.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Roki Sasaki wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Jacob Lopez wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
90.4
Roki Sasaki
97.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
11.3%
Roki Sasaki
14.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
21.1%
Roki Sasaki
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
28.2%
Roki Sasaki
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
30.2%
Roki Sasaki
43.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
6.3%
Roki Sasaki
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.290
Roki Sasaki
.323
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Jacob Lopez
2.198.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
3.49
Roki Sasaki
2.198.05
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.59
4.30
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
1.142.04
now 1.84
1.41
Roki Sasaki
1.142.04
now 1.35
1.34

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4066.40
now 38
9
Roki Sasaki
4066.40
now 50
12
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0005.60
now 4
11
Roki Sasaki
.0005.60
now 3
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJacob Lopez — buy.conf 0.78
SellRoki Sasaki — sell.conf 0.64
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